Eliot Porter made photographs that were ahead of his time. Since he was born before the age of digital photography. He was born in 1901 in Winnetka, Illinois outside of Chicago. His father dealt with the family's real estate and helped his children learn and infuse science into their lives. This paid off on Eliot because his career is filled with what I call a photograph-scientific work. He started as a biochemical researcher at Harvard but decided to take up his hobby as a photographer full time.
This shows up in his work often because he worked a lot in nature and the outdoors. He had a passion for bird watching as a child so it only made sense that he shoots many birds in his exhibitions as well as many other environmental sites such as the Galapagos, East Africa, and Antarctica.
I love his work because this is something that I strive to do one day. He traveled to many places to capture many sights that a lot of people hear about but never get to actually visit.
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